April 6 Evening Edition - GOPUSA Illinois

DUPAGE COUNTY ELECTION DIVISION
— Election Results
https://www.dupageresults.com/IL/DuPage/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Live municipal election results
https://www.chicagotribune.com/election-results/
— Kane County sees jump in early and mail-in voting over same election 4 years ago, but nothing compared to November – GLORIA CASAS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elgin-courier-news/ct-ecn-voter-turnout-elgin-kane-st-20210406-qzuserkgijhotj3eb5k6jfdyye-story.html
— As Vice President Kamala Harris visits city’s COVID-19 vaccination facility for union workers, Mayor Lori Lightfoot says Chicago will meet President Joe Biden’s call to open vaccine eligibility to all US adults by April 19 – GREGORY PRATT and RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/vaccine/ct-vice-president-kamala-harris-visit-chicago-20210406-kvfyarikdjcizcxfra2g4gc72q-story.html
— Trend continues — more voters in Will and DuPage counties opting to vote early but overall election turnout still low – RAFAEL GUERRERO
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-will-dupage-election-day-st-20210406-bofzi5xnnzcerkirhhx2sw4xii-story.html
— Officials say turnout low in Aurora area for Tuesday election – DAVID SHAROS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/ct-abn-aurora-election-turnout-st-0407-20210406-agxi4twmvrdj5luokgaf23z2my-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— How you can get Election 2021 results
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210406/how-you-can-get-election-2021-results

ABC7
— Illinois Election Results 2021: Several Chicago suburbs choosing mayors, trustees and council members Tuesday – Sarah Schulte
https://abc7chicago.com/2021-election-illinois-results-april-6/10490652/
— Illinois COVID-19 Update: IL reports 2,931 new coronavirus cases, 13 deaths. IL receiving $124M from CDC for vaccinations.
https://abc7chicago.com/health/il-reports-2931-new-covid-19-cases-13-deaths/10491530/

WHEATON PATCH
— Wheaton 2021 Election Results: City Council, School Boards Patch will bring you up-to-the-minute election results for Wheaton’s 2021 Consolidated Election. – Lisa Marie Farver
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/wheaton-2021-election-results-city-council-schoo

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Poll: 40% of American disapprove of Biden’s handling of the Mexico border crisis – Will Weissert and Hannah Fingerhut
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/poll-40-of-american-disapprove-of-bidens-handling-of-the-mexico-border-crisis

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— VP Kamala Harris urges Chicagoans to get vaccinated and stay safe: ‘In that way we will build back up’ Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Mayor Lori Lightfoot greeted Harris when she landed about 1 p.m. at Midway Airport. The nation’s first ever woman and person of color to serve as vice president was in town to tout President Joe Biden’s vaccine effort on the day he directed states to open vaccine eligibility to all adults by April 19. – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2021/4/6/22370710/kamala-harris-visits-chicago-vice-president-vaccine

WILLIAM KELLY
— Gov. Pritzker’s advisor about to cash-in on COVID passport cash
https://www.williamjkelly.org/news/citizen-kelly-gov-pritzkers-advisor-about-to-cash-in-on-covid-passport-cash

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— CBS Smears Ron DeSantis While Pete Buttigieg Gets the Obama Treatment from AP – Andrew Stiles
https://freebeacon.com/media/buttigieg-obama/

FOX NEWS
— ‘Woke’ MLB moving All-Star Game from 51% Black Atlanta to 76% White Denver, critics note. The game’s relocation is expected to deliver a severe economic blow to Atlanta, where nearly 30% of businesses are Black-owned. – David Aaro
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/all-star-game-census-denver-atlanta

GOPUSA
— MLB To Announce All-Star Game Moving From Black Atlanta To White Denver
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=108547

AMERICAN THINKER
— The mask’s insidious symbolism – Alison Nichols
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/04/the_masks_insidious_symbolism.html

DAILY WIRE
— Texas Bans Vaccine Passports – Tim Pearce
https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-texas-bans-vaccine-passports
— Biden Admin Considers Restarting Border Wall Construction To ‘Plug Gaps’ Amid Biden’s Border Crisis – Ryan Saavedra
https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-admin-considers-restarting-border-wall-construction-to-plug-gaps-amid-bidens-border-crisis-report

TOWNHALL
— Mask-Wearing Represents Fear and Blind Obedience, Not Science – Dennis Prager
https://townhall.com/columnists/dennisprager/2021/04/06/maskwearing-represents-fear-and-blind-obedience-not-science-n2587447

NEWSMAX
— Twitter and Facebook Bans ‘Haven’t Silenced Me,’ Trump Tells Newsmax – Cody Derespina
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/twitter-facebook/2021/04/06/id/1016577/

WORLD NET DAILY
— MLB, Delta and the Catholic Church are at war with us. ‘Woke’ entities could lose 50% or more of their customer base – Wayne Allyn Root
https://www.wnd.com/2021/04/mlb-delta-catholic-church-war-us/

WASHINGTON POST
— Clarence Thomas takes on social media companies’ power – Cat Zakrzewski
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/04/06/technology-202-clarence-thomas-takes-social-media-companies-power/

NEW YORK POST
— Sorry, Schumer (and MLB): Georgia’s voting laws less restrictive than NY’s – Editorial
https://nypost.com/2021/04/05/sorry-schumer-mlb-georgias-voting-laws-less-restrictive-than-nys/

NEW YORKER
— Have the Democrats Begun a New Era of Big Government? It’s still too early to know whether the Party’s spending spree represents a moment of political expedience or a more permanent change. – Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/have-the-democrats-begun-a-new-era-of-big-government

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— 75% Say Voter ID Necessary, Majority Oppose Georgia Boycott
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/april_2021/75_say_voter_id_necessary_majority_oppose_georgia_boycott

Author: David Diersen

The opinions that I express in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are based on experience that I have gained doing many things since 1948. I base my opinions on what I learned a) working for the federal government for almost 30 years -- Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997, serving on the Executive Committee of the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter 1983-1996, and being a union member while I worked for the Post Office and IRS; b) earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a masters degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and a masters degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997; c) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981; c) serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois Chairman 2005-2012, a member of the 2008 Illinois Republican Party (IRP) Platform and Resolutions Committee, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004; d) attending the 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016 IRP State Conventions as a delegate; e) being the subject of a nasty 4-page article in the February 1978 issue of Money Magazine; f) pursing litigation including Diersen v. GAO and Diersen v. Chicago Car Exchange; g) being married since 1978; h) living in Crete 1948-1972, in University Park 1972-1976, in Chicago 1976-1978, and in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton since 1978; and i) being baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran. View all posts by David Diersen